Combined curtain and shade holder.



J. F. LEMIEUL COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE HOLDER.

4 APPLICATION IILED JUNE 14, 1911.

Patented Jan. 23, 191.2.

WITNESSES l /WENTOR ATTORNE Y8 COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CU.,WASH1NGTON. 1!. c4

JOSEPH FRANK LEMIEUX, OF NEW BEDFORID, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED CURTAIN AND SHADE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 14, 1911.

Serial No. 633,003.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. LEMIEUX, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Combined Curtain and Shade Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to combined curtain and shade holders, and it has for its object to provide one which combines a holder for curtains with one for shades, and which may be quickly secured in position, the holder having adjustable means for supporting two shade rollers and a curtain pole.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following complete speoification, in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a window casing, to which my holders are secured; Fig. 2 is a front view of one of the holders; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that each of the holders is provided with a corrugated back member 10, on which corrugated members 11 are adapted to slide, these corrugated members 11 having slots 12. Between the corrugated members 11 there is an additional corrugated member 13, which also is disposed for sliding on the corrugated back member 10. Over the corrugated members 11 and 13 is disposed a casing member 14, the said casing member 14 having flanges 15, whichare disposed over the sides of the back corrugated member 10, and the corrugated members 11. and 13. This casing member 14 has an elongated slot 16, through which projects a bracket member 17 the said bracket member 17 being secured to the corrugated member 13. A. bracket 18 is secured to one of the corrugated members 11, and a bracket 19 is secured to the other corrugated member 11. Screws 20 are provided, these screws 20 projecting through orifices 21 in the casing member 14, through the slots 12. in the corrugated members 11, and also through the orifices 2 2 in the back corrugated member 10, the screws 20 being provided for holding the casing member 14 in position over the corrugated members 11 and 13, and also for holding the corrugated members 11 and 13, and preventing them from becoming disengaged from the back corrugated member 10.

It will be seen that the bracket 18 has a slot 23, so that a shade roller may be disposed in the slots 23 of the brackets 18 of the companion holders. This bracket 18 is disposed as best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, against the inner side of the window casing 24. The bracket 17 is also provided with a slot 23, for receiving, the end of a shade roller, this bracket 17 projecting outwardly from the casing, as best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The bracket 19 also projects outwardly from the window casing 24, this bracket 19 having arms 24*, with a spring member 25, disposed between the arms and secured to the bracket 19, the spring member 25 having terminals 26 spaced from each other to permit of the insertion of a curtain pole, the spring 25 being adaptedto press yieldingly against the curtain pole to prevent its dislodging.

It will be understood that as the members 11 and 13 are corrugated, and engage the corrugated face of the back member 10, they are held in alinement with the back member 10 at all times. It will also be seen that the members 11 and 13 may be readily adjusted relatively to neighboring members of a companion holder, so that they may support shade rollers or curtain rods of varying lengths.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a combined curtain and shade holder, a back corrugated member, a second corrugated member having a slot, and an additional corrugated member disposed for sliding between the first and second corrugated members, a bracket on the third-mentioned member for extending through the slot, and means for holding the secondmentioned member in the direction of the first-mentioned member, and the first-mentioned member against a window frame.

2. In a combined curtain and shade holder a corrugated member, a second member with corrugations fitting the first-men-' tioned member, and disposed for sliding thereon, a bracket secured to the secondmentioned member, a third member dis- Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

posed against the second member .to form with the first member a guideway for the second member, and adjustable means for holding the first and third members relatively to each other. 7

3. In a combined curtain and shade holder a member having a slot, a bracket on the member, a second member having an orifice, means disposed through the orifice and the slot for holding the second member on a window casing with the first-mentioned member having the slot in sliding en- I gagement With the second-mentioned member, and means for holding the member having the slot in alinement with the second mentioned member.

4. In a combined curtain and shade holder, a back corrugated member, two corrugated members having slots adapted to vslide on. the corrugated surface of the back member, brackets on the members having the.

slots, a fourth member having an elongated slot and two orifices, an additional corrugated member disposed for sliding between 'the first and the fourth members, a bracket JOSEPH FhANK LEMIEUX.

Witnesses:

CHAS. N. RICHMOND, MARY H. P. SWEET.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

